diff --git a/src/wormhole/database.py b/src/wormhole/database.py
index b764a24..f6944ff 100644
--- a/src/wormhole/database.py
+++ b/src/wormhole/database.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ def get_db(dbfile, stderr=sys.stderr):
     must_create = not os.path.exists(dbfile)
     try:
         db = sqlite3.connect(dbfile)
-    except (EnvironmentError, sqlite3.OperationalError), e:
+    except (EnvironmentError, sqlite3.OperationalError) as e:
         raise DBError("Unable to create/open db file %s: %s" % (dbfile, e))
     db.row_factory = sqlite3.Row
 
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ def get_db(dbfile, stderr=sys.stderr):
 
     try:
         version = db.execute("SELECT version FROM version").fetchone()[0]
-    except sqlite3.DatabaseError, e:
+    except sqlite3.DatabaseError as e:
         # this indicates that the file is not a compatible database format.
         # Perhaps it was created with an old version, or it might be junk.
         raise DBError("db file is unusable: %s" % e)
diff --git a/src/wormhole/scripts/runner.py b/src/wormhole/scripts/runner.py
index 115a620..0469320 100644
--- a/src/wormhole/scripts/runner.py
+++ b/src/wormhole/scripts/runner.py
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ def run(args, stdout, stderr, executable=None):
         #rc = command.func(args, stdout, stderr)
         rc = args.func(args)
         return rc
-    except ImportError, e:
+    except ImportError as e:
         print >>stderr, "--- ImportError ---"
         print >>stderr, e
         print >>stderr, "Please run 'python setup.py build'"
diff --git a/src/wormhole/util/ipaddrs.py b/src/wormhole/util/ipaddrs.py
index faab34a..8e36a08 100644
--- a/src/wormhole/util/ipaddrs.py
+++ b/src/wormhole/util/ipaddrs.py
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ def _query(path, args, regex):
                                  env=env)
             (output, err) = p.communicate()
             break
-        except OSError, e:
+        except OSError as e:
             if e.errno == errno.EINTR and trial < TRIES-1:
                 continue
             raise